Qatar, Doha
Fulltime: 60 hrs a week
Experience: > 10 Years
Education Level: Academic Bachelor
Conventional Energy
Closing: September 11, 2025

Introduction

  • Provide expert professional advice and guidance in allocation, planning and stewardship of costs and expenditures for Offshore Compression Project and develop and modify procedures to meet business requirements during project phases.
  • To maintain Shareholder cost estimate confidence throughout the duration of the project by developing detailed cost planning models, analysis and reports to advise, guide and recommend appropriate changes to processes and procedures to meet business requirements.
  • Lead a multi culture cost team assigned in different locations during the phase.
  • Major challenges include (i) operating in a dynamic team environment in a highly visible project with large capital expenditure and significant schedule execution pressures and (ii) delivering accurate and flawless performance in respect to safety, quality, cost and schedule demonstrating multi-tasking, flexibility and initiative to meet evolving business needs.

What are you going to do 

  • Develop and maintain a set of Project Cost Control procedures, guidelines and flow charts to meet project requirements along with a standard cost reporting process across all project Contracts.
  • Ensure cost data integrity across all Contracts and make sure cost information is accurately compiled and reported to Project Management to provide visibility on overall project cost status and performance.
  • Direct project team and provide guidance and expertise to Project Cost Engineers assigned to each one and ensure common understanding and standardized practice of cost control processes in terms of Value of Work Done (VOWD) reporting, forecast updates, contractors’ change orders, trend and contingency management and expenditures allocation.
  • Develop a unified cost allocation mechanism across projects to allow accurate cost sharing of common expenses mainly Operation and owner’s cost.
  • Support the Business Manager and lead the financial input into Funding Packages submittals, e.g. Advance Commitments (ACs), Full Funding (FF) and Supplementary Funding wherever required, to ensure that all necessary funding is provided.
  • Development of Forecast cost estimates and preparation of annual Work Program and Budget (WP&B) taking full consideration of project scope, progress achieved and pending to complete scope.
  • Develop and maintain Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS) for the overall Onshore project consistent with project scope and reporting structures requirements across project requirements.
  • Facilitates the monitoring of FEED and contractors and project’s cost performance comparing to agreed control plans and recommends corrective plans as required during project execution with the appropriate PMT personnel.
  • Advise Head Project Controls and Project Leadership Team of any potential cost issues, provide guidance on corrective action and measures to mitigate any adverse trends.
  • In conjunction with Head Project Controls develop and implement corrective actions and recovery plans ensuring these are implemented in a timely manner.
  • Provide support for tenders technical evaluations during phase by developing Tender Evaluation Plans, facilitating and coordinating the technical evaluation process, developing Technical Bid Evaluation reports and getting required approvals from project management and committees.

Essential skills and knowledge 

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Commercial, Marketing, Sciences, Engineering, Project Management, Supply Chain Management, Law, Communication, Technologies, Mathematics or Statistics.
  • 10 years experience in business related function or discipline, including 6 years in the Oil & Gas Industry, and including 2 years experience in a supervisory or acting role, or oversight of contractor/subcontractors/ service/vendor personnel.
  • Experience with Oil & Gas Companies, EPC contractors, subcontractors, vendors, or service companies involved in the oil and gas industry.
  • Strong knowledge in project business related function/discipline such as planning, scheduling, cost control, estimating, claim management, risk management, change management, procurement, pre- and post-award contract management, actionable and informative reporting, support services, lessons learned, etc.
  • Experience managing business functions/discipline.
  • Extensive knowledge in international standards, best practices and methodologies as it relates to business disciplines.
  • SME level competence in candidate's specific business discipline.
  • Knowledge of relevant business processes/procedures.
  • Experience with risk assessment approach in decision making.
  • Strong knowledge of relevant software and computer skills, e.g., dashboards, data analytics, SAP, etc.
  • Experience working in large scale operating organizations in Operations, Projects, Subsurface, etc.

What we offer 

  • Salary:
    • Day Rate in USD Plus Allowance
  • Work Schedule:
    • 10 Hours / 6 Days
  • Duration:
    • 31-Dec-2027, with possible extension
  • Location:
    • Qatar